Browsing by Subject "population control"

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    Exploring the Perceptions of Local Citizens towards the Hangzhou Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) Program and its Outcomes
    (2023-05-02) Li, Ying
    This paper highlights the issue of a large number of stray cats in China and emphasizes the need for proper intervention to prevent further problems. The Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program policy has been implemented in many countries to control the overpopulation of stray cats, which has proven to be effective. However, in China, the TNR program has only been implemented in a few mega-cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and others. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perspectives of local citizens on the Hangzhou TNR program, including its necessity and results. To achieve this, surveys and qualitative interviews were conducted to capture the viewpoints of both supporters and opponents of the program. The research collected information from a diverse group of citizens to gain a comprehensive understanding of public attitudes towards the TNR program for the stray cat community. Surveys are particularly valuable in providing insights into public perceptions and support for the program. They can reveal people's knowledge and experiences with stray cats, their assessment of the effectiveness of the TNR program, their level of support for the program, and their recommendations for improving it. Interviews were also conducted with local animal protection non-governmental organizations (NGOs), hospital directors, and relevant businesspersons to gain insight into their knowledge of the TNR program. Additionally, a survey was conducted to gather data on local citizens' perceptions and attitudes toward stray cats and the TNR program. The collected data were analyzed to evaluate the effectiveness of the TNR program in reducing the number of stray cats in Hangzhou, China, while considering and improving the current dilemma.
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    "Our Seeds Sprouted:" The Human Betterment League of North Carolina, 1947-1988
    (2022-04-20) Livingston, Cydney
    Eugenics is largely remembered for coming into disrepute in the post-War period following the Nazi regime and the Holocaust. However, 21st-century scholarship has begun to assess the transformations and proliferations of “eugenics” in the latter 20th century. This has prompted a reconceptualization of the complex relationships of reproductive choice, genetic manipulability, and the progression of modern science and medicine – as well as the historic foundations of these ideas and institutions. This thesis centers on the Human Betterment League of North Carolina (the HBLNC or the League) from 1947 to 1988 across their three periods of work promoting distinct causes: first, sterilization; second, population control; and third, genetics. Drawing on a range of internal documents and public-facing educational materials from the HBLNC archives, this thesis reveals how each period of the League’s work represents a unique historical project of eugenics bound by the overarching goal of “human betterment” via reproductive control. The narrative of the League connects local and global histories, exemplifying how reproduction has been tied to both small-scale and world-spanning projects of development, as well as identifies the critical role that women had within eugenics projects as members of HBLNC leadership. Rather than be completely abandoned at the turn of the 20th century, eugenics aspiration for human “betterment” were reintegrated into the landscapes of increasingly robust and sophisticated tools and ideas about science, medicine, and reproduction.